July 2008 - Diary of Scott Morris

Oregon Singletrack Tour – [1/3] (Willamette River)

Eugene, OR.

We crammed an incredible amount of visiting and catching up into a short few days. We stayed up late, ate good food and generally had a blast with Alan and Misty.

It didn’t leave a lot of time to plan the singletrack tour. A late night chat with Scott Taylor yielded a few …. [Continue reading]

Three Rivers Tour

We wrapped up our Oregon singletrack tour. I think it exceeded any and all expectations.

410 miles 40,000 feet of climbing 8mph average speed (!) >60% singletrack

Trails covered (in order): Ridgeline, Elijah Bristow “soggy” trail, North Shore, North Shore Tie, Winberry Divide, Tire Mtn, Alpine, Middle Fork Willamette (~20 …. [Continue reading]

Oregon Trail

The next ride, more or less

Paula and I are flying to Oregon, shipping our bikes, then heading out on the trail for two weeks.

There’s no shortage of high caliber trails in the Cascades. The general idea is to hit some subset of: North Umpqua Trail, Middle Fork Willamette, Alpine, Eugene to …. [Continue reading]

Climb or Die Complete

AP NEWS WIRE Brown, Morris complete “Climb or Die” 7/04/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Summerhaven, AZ — Mountain bikers worldwide are celebrating a significant milestone in the evolution of the sport. Mount Lemmon has fallen to a pair of Tucson cyclists.

Riders Chad Brown and Scott Morris left Tucson at 4 o’clock AM to begin climbing …. [Continue reading]

Storming

Yeah, it’s hot in AZ these days. But the storms have started rolling in, so if you are both patient and lucky, you may just find the perfect evening.

The darkest rainclouds are potential backdrops for the brightest rainbows. It all depends on coincidence and conditions.

I missed the big storm …. [Continue reading]

Scott
Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA

Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on.

I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com.

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